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    con·test
    noun[ˈkänˌtest]
    contest (noun) · contests (plural noun)
    1. an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality:
      "a beauty contest" · "a gigantic air rifle shooting contest"
      • a competition for a political position:
        "the presidential contest"
      • a dispute or conflict:
        "there has always been a contest between tenants and landlords over how they share both benefits and costs"
    verb[kənˈtest]
    contest (verb) · contests (third person present) · contested (past tense) · contested (past participle) · contesting (present participle)
    1. engage in competition to attain (a position of power):
      "she declared her intention to contest the presidency"
      • take part in (a competition or election):
        "a coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections"
    2. oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong:
      "the former chairman contests his dismissal"
      • engage in dispute about:
        "the issues have been hotly contested"
    Origin
    late 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘swear to, attest’): from Latin contestari ‘call upon to witness, initiate (by calling witnesses)’, from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’. The senses ‘wrangle, struggle for’ arose in the early 17th century, whence the current noun and verb senses.
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    noun
    1. an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality:
      competition
      match
      tournament
      game
      meet
      event
      trial
      bout
      heat
      fixture
      tie
      race
    verb
    1. engage in competition to attain (a position of power):
      go for
      throw one's hat in the ring
      enter
      go in for
      compete for
      contend for
      vie for
      challenge for
      fight for
      fight over
      battle for
      struggle for
      tussle for
      try to win
      try for
      compete in
      contend in
      fight in
      battle in
      take part in
      be a competitor in
      participate in
      put one's name down for
      • oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong:
        oppose
        challenge
        dispute
        resist
        defy
        take issue with
        question
        doubt
        litigate
        object to
        take a stand against
        strive/struggle against
        call into question
        Opposite:
        agree with
       

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      What does contested mean?
      a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize. struggle for victory or superiority. Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. to struggle or fight for, as in battle. to contest a will. They contested his right to speak. to contend for in rivalry. to dispute; contend; compete.

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      These are words often used in combination with contest. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. Making the record of the most home runs in annual contest and most home runs in a single round. A pentathlon is an athletic contest of five events. Interest in elections is greatest when there is a close contest.

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      con•test ( kon′ test; kən test′), n. a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize. struggle for victory or superiority. controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. to struggle or fight for, as in battle. dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will.

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